A WOMAN believed to be the mother of a baby girl left on an Auburn home’s doorstep Monday night has come forward.

The woman came to Flemington Police Station about 2.15pm and is being interviewed by police to work out what happened.

The infant girl, who welfare workers have nicknamed “Mai”, was found abandoned on the doorstep of an Auburn home. She was fully clothed and wrapped in a green-coloured blanket.

Community Services minister Pru Goward said the child is about 18-months and very healthy, but she needs her parents.

“At 18-months of age, children know when something is not right ... this little girl is very distressed,” Ms Goward said.

Baby Mai is today in the care of Community Services.

The homeowner who found the infant girl on his doorstep described finding an abandoned child as “traumatic and random”.

Dumped BabySource:News Corp Australia

He said although the baby girl appeared to be in good health and was now in the safe care of authorities, he struggled to understand the parents’ decision to dump the child, then flee.

“I couldn’t imagine that someone would do something like this to a child. If you have a problem, there are places you can call and they can help you, rather than just abandoning a child,” the man who found the baby said.

The man, a father of several young children, said someone rang the bell of his Kirkham Rd house, about 9.45pm. When he opened the door, the man said he discovered the baby lying on his doorstep, wrapped in a blanket.

“It was random and out of the blue, and I didn’t think this could happen in Australia,” the man said.

Police are looking for a white sedan seen racing from the street, soon after the baby was dumped.

The baby was left at a home somewhere along Kirkham Rd, Auburn. Picture: GoogleSource:Supplied